Yup, those mountings with a ball on them are for mounting a ring on, onto which a machine-gun could be fitted. (As I understand it, anyway.) Mine doesn't have those, but what it *does* have is the rot where the roof panel meets up with the top of the back wall, above the window. 😆 You'll perhaps have noticed that, where panels like that overlap, there was no painting or coating before it was fitted. So inside a lot of things -- including some rather structural bits -- there's the dreaded rot eating away at it. (The under-floor structure of the cab on mine has been so badly rusted that it's nearly nonexistant, and was patched *over* at some point in its commercial life. Again with no paint to protect the inside of the enclosed areas.)
Pretty much. Welded together, *then* painted; no cavity wax, no seam sealer. Pretty common at the time, I think. Construction techniques and materials have come a long way over the last 60 years...
Yup, those mountings with a ball on them are for mounting a ring on, onto which a machine-gun could be fitted. (As I understand it, anyway.) Mine doesn't have those, but what it *does* have is the rot where the roof panel meets up with the top of the back wall, above the window. 😆
You'll perhaps have noticed that, where panels like that overlap, there was no painting or coating before it was fitted. So inside a lot of things -- including some rather structural bits -- there's the dreaded rot eating away at it. (The under-floor structure of the cab on mine has been so badly rusted that it's nearly nonexistant, and was patched *over* at some point in its commercial life. Again with no paint to protect the inside of the enclosed areas.)
It seems they only paint what they can see and they didn't use any sealant either lol
Pretty much. Welded together, *then* painted; no cavity wax, no seam sealer. Pretty common at the time, I think. Construction techniques and materials have come a long way over the last 60 years...